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TUNICA MUSCULARIS [3 records]

Record 1 2024-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

muscular layer of gallbladder; tunica muscularis vesicae biliaris : designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • muscular layer of gall bladder
  • muscular layer of the gall bladder
  • muscular coat of gall bladder
  • muscular coat of the gall bladder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Foie et voies biliaires
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

La musculeuse de la vésicule biliaire se contracte sous l'influence de la cholécystokinine sécrétée par le duodénum lorsque des protéines et des acides gras y pénètrent.

OBS

musculeuse de la vésicule biliaire : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

tunica muscularis vesicae biliaris : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

The intestinal wall consists of four layers : the mucosa, the sub-mucosa, the muscularis propria, and either a serosa, in most cases, or an adventitia.

CONT

The histological findings showed a muscle necrosis of the tunica muscularis propria(longitudinal layer).(In Chir Pediatr 1990, 31(4-5) p 277-8, cited in data base.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil digestif
OBS

Tunique musculeuse (tunica muscularis) : on lui distingue deux couches : la couche externe ou longitudinale, la couche interne, circulaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

musculus sphincter ani internus [is] the annular thickening of the circular fibers of the tunica muscularis recti. It extends from the anorectal junction to the intersphincteric groove just above the anal orifice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil digestif
CONT

[La région sous-valvulaire] s'étend jusqu'à la ligne ano-cutanée ou ligne blanche de Hilton en rapport avec la dépression intersphinctérienne qui peut être palpée à l'union des deux tiers supérieurs, et du tiers inférieur du canal anal.

Spanish

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